Character Analysis: Feed By M. T Anderson

How would your point of view be affected by the society you live in? Many different characters have different point of views of the society that the story “The Feed” takes place in. The society Violet lives in affects her point of view because after Violet had the malfunction in which she lost her memories she begins to panic about her idea of life without her “feed”. I have made three inferences which support my thesis statement.

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Anderson also warns the readers of technology through the character of Violet. Violet is the girl who Titus meets in the first act of the story and the one who ultimately opens up his eyes to the world past the feed. In her resistance of the feed, Violet meets her end, and this for Anderson send the message across that technology is bad. In her attempts to be free, Violet practices self control. Anderson writes,“She had this whole thing about self-control, okay, and the importance of self-control. For example, she said, when she bought something, she wouldn't let herself order it for a long time” (Anderson 143). Violet has a routine that she follows whenever she wants something from the feed that helps her with the feeling of having control over herself. She waits a long time before she gets anything unlike everyone else because, in her mind, it keeps the feed from owning her. Violet’s struggle for power with the feed and how it leads to her demise is one of the main conflicts in the story. The feed’s grip on society and Violet’s method of resistance shows how the feed is something that is depended on. Despite her tries to control herself, the feed ends up winning in the end. In another attempt to cut the feed’s control to of her, Violet goes on a quest to create an untraceable customer profile. This ultimately backfires on her when she gets hacked at a party. When asked if they can fix her, the feed companies explains that, “We're sorry, Violet Durn.

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